Doc Watson, American Music Icon

I was fortunate to finally see one of my favorite musicians, Doc Watson, Thursday night. Thanks to our good friends Lee & Rob we got great balcony tickets at the Fox Theater in Redwood City. A converted movie theater, the venue is great for concerts, with easy access, good sightlines and excellent acoustics.

I’ve been …

From my daughter:

Help preserve the environment: plant a bush back in Texas.

This is a photo of my favorite fluorescent mineral; a beautiful, brilliant 4 color piece from the Franklin mines of New Jersey.

This is one of my first digital photographs of our fluorescent mineral collection. I wasn’t too pleased with my first efforts, but this one is nice …

Boingboing points to a fascinating insider’s view of an activity that many Americans have come to dread. Think about the details of your last car buying experience before reading the article and see how often you nod your head in recognition as the story unfolds. It seems the author, a writer for …

or just extremely insightful news coverage? This accidental juxtaposition of two seemingly unrelated topics struck my funnybone. I suspect that one could make sport of this, watching CNN, etc. looking for similar odd pairings!

Thanks to Deborama for the laugh!

I think this is an actual screen-shot. If it’s …

I just discovered the works of William Gedney. He was a photographer and writer who was active from the 1950s through the early 1980s and in locales ranging from both coasts of the US to India and Europe.

Gedney photograhed a wide variety of people in a wide variety of settings, and was able to …

MoveOn.org recently ran an ad contest looking for entries that displayed a different perspective than most political ads. Tired of the same old ads, MoveOn went in search of “new talent and new messages”. In their own words: We’re looking for the ad that best explains what this President and his policies …